Wonder Boys host Augustana in four-game setWhile unfriendly weather has kept the Arkansas Tech baseball team from playing for nearly two weeks, spring appears to be around the corner as the Wonder Boys welcome Augustana to Tech Field for a four-game Central Region series Saturday and Sunday. The Wonder Boys (5-9) have not played a game since walking off with a 6-5 victory over Henderson State Feb. 22, but they’re still topped by the Vikings (0-2), who opened up their season Jan. 31, ba...

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Outside shooting lifts Wonder Boys to GAC semifinalsBARTLESVILLE, Okla. — Arkansas Tech University torched the nets of Bruin Fieldhouse for 19 made 3-pointers on Friday night and the Wonder Boys clinched their fourth consecutive Great American Conference Tournament semifinal berth with a 95-83 opening-round victory over Southeastern Oklahoma State University at Bartlesville, Okla. Tech tied a school record and established a new GAC Tournament record with its perimeter shooting performance on Fr...

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Lady Rebels win region, head to stateCOAL HILL — When the post season began, the Johnson County Westside Lady Rebels had a saying: “Eight games to the state tournament.” Right now, the team is 4-0 through those eight, with four games left in front of them. The Lady Rebels are 26-5 overall and finished the season 15-0 in their home gym — even after hosting the Class 2A West Region Tournament last week. “We are all aware of what is in front of us,” Westside head coach Steve Golden ...

Lady Apaches bumped from state tourneyOZARK — The Pottsville Lady Apaches made their exit from the Class 4A State Tournament after a 66-36 loss to the Central Arkansas Christian (CAC) Lady Mustangs on Friday inside the Hillbilly Activity Center. Pottsville gave up an 8-0 run to open the game and never quite recovered. The Lady Apaches pulled within three- and one points in the first and second quarter, but once the Lady Mustangs went up 15 points early in the third quarter, Pottsv...

Russellville to host Special Olympics state basketballSpecial Olympics Arkansas will host 50 teams for the 2015 Special Olympics State Basketball Tournament on March 20 at Russellville High School (RHS), Russellville Junior High School (RJHS) and the Boys and Girls Club of the Arkansas River Valley. Athletes have to win their regional and area tournaments to qualify for the state tournament. “These athletes get to perform in their sporting event and help bring a community together,” Area 17 Speci...

Golden Suns top HSU at GAC tourneyBARTLESVILLE, Okla. — Arkansas Tech University is back in the semifinal round of the Great American Conference Tournament in women’s basketball for a third consecutive year. Fatima Adams scored a career-high 35 points to lead the second-seeded Golden Suns to a 96-84 opening-round victory over No. 7 seed Henderson State University at Bruin Fieldhouse in Bartlesville, Okla., on Thursday afternoon. With the win, Arkansas Tech (22-5) advances to f...

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Data: Victim's cell pinged along Hernandez's alleged routeFALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Tracking data shown to the jury Thursday in the murder trial of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez indicates the victim's cellphone pinged along the same route that prosecutors say Hernandez took that night. The data roughly tracks the route prosecutors say Hernandez took from Odin Lloyd's home to the industrial park in North Attleborough where Lloyd was found shot to death June 17, 2013. A T-Mobile ...

Tech baseball outlasts SBU 14-11Arkansas Tech University clubbed a season-high 21 base hits in a 14-11 non-conference baseball victory over Southwest Baptist University at Forsyth, Mo., on Tuesday. The Wonder Boys (6-9) built a 14-5 lead through six innings and then held on down the stretch for their second consecutive win. Bryan Heward was 5-for-5 with two runs batted in and four runs scored for Arkansas Tech, while Keenan Jumper was 4-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs sco...

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Arkansas to host Loyola Marymount in college baseballFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — The University of Arkansas baseball team is scheduled to host Loyola Marymount in a three-game series in Fayetteville this weekend. The Razorbacks and Lyons are to play single games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Baum Stadium. The Friday and Saturday games are both scheduled to start at 3:05 p.m. and the Sunday game is set for a 12:35 p.m. first pitch. Game time for Sunday's game has been moved 30 minutes earlier t...

Jackson's 25 lead Arkansas women over Mississippi 72-61NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Jessica Jackson had 25 points and eight rebounds Thursday to lead ninth-seeded Arkansas over No. 8 seed Mississippi 72-61 in the second round of the SEC tournament. Jackson was 3 of 7 from 3-point range and scored five of her points as the Razorbacks (17-12) pulled away with 11 straight to lead 53-39 with 8:44 left. Ole Miss (17-13) closed within 63-55 with 1:41 left, but Arkansas made 9 of 10 free throws from th...

Arkansas beats Eastern Illinois 7-0 in college baseballFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — The University of Arkansas baseball team scored in four of the first five innings on the way to a 7-0 win over Eastern Illinois and a sweep of the three-game series in Fayetteville. The No. 17 Razorbacks scored twice in the first, once in the second and twice in both the fourth and fifth innings to lead by the eventual final score of 7-0. Keaton McKinney earned his first collegiate victory by allowing one hit and stri...

Quarterbacks, coaches, coordinators dominate spring storiesIn college football, spring comes early. Or at least spring practice comes early. Practice has already started for many teams around the country and will ramp up just about everywhere else throughout March. Spring story lines tend to revolve around quarterbacks, coaches and coordinators. Most quarterback competitions won't get settled until August. New coaches and coordinators will install their systems, but how much progress are they actually...

Manning back for 18th season after signing reworked dealENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Now that No. 18 is officially coming back for an 18th season, Peyton Manning can focus on learning the West Coast offense. And general manager John Elway can use the savings from his quarterback's relatively modest pay cut to find some fixes in free agency. Manning passed his physical and signed his revised contract Thursday that calls for him to make $15 million in 2015, a $4 million reduction in pay — every penny of w...

Wonder Boys to begin GAC tourneyArkansas Tech University will begin its eight consecutive postseason appearance in men’s basketball by taking on Southeastern Oklahoma State University in the first round of the 2015 Great American Conference Tournament in Bartlesville, Okla., on Friday, March 6. The Wonder Boys have advanced to postseason play every year since 2008. The string of eight straight postseason berths comes on the heels of a seven-year span (2001-07) in which the A...

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Dream Team heads to Golden GlovesDavid “Diamond Dream” Beck and Dream Team Boxing Inc. will take Mike Martin, 20, to the 2015 Arkansas State Golden Gloves at the North Little Rock Convention Center today in hopes of bringing home the championship and moving on to the next round of matches. If Martin comes home win a win, it’s on to regionals. If he can win there — he will head to nationals in Las Vegas later this year. “Hopefully, we will bring home a champ,” Beck said. “He’l...

State tournaments delayed againThe 2014-15 State Basketball Tournament has been pushed back another day thanks to another dose of inclement weather that struck the area on Wednesday. The tournament was originally scheduled to begin Wednesday, but was moved to Thursday and then again to today after the Arkansas Activities Association (AAA) determined roads between participating schools were unsafe for travel. The postponement will push the semifinal round in each classificat...

Adams named GAC Newcomer of the YearBARTLESVILLE, Okla. — Fatima Adams earned a selection as the Great American Conference Newcomer of the Year, while a combined five Arkansas Tech men’s and women’s basketball players were named to all-GAC teams, the league announced at its annual pre-championship banquet. Adams earned her individual honor in addition to being named to the all-GAC First Team. She led the Golden Suns to a share of a conference title after reaching double figures ...

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Throwback Thursday: Don DempseyTHE COURIER / Submitted Tuesday marked the 85th birthday of former Arkansas Tech University athletic director and head football coach Don Dempsey. Dempsey played high school football in Booneville, where he scored 169 points as a senior in 1947 (25 TDs and 19 extra-points). He was an All-American linebacker on Tech’s AIC championship team of 1954 under Sam Hindsman. Dempsey also coached at Mountain Home from 1955-58 where he still holds the sc...

Game and Fish Notebook (March 4, 2015)AGFC to celebrate centennial with open houses LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will celebrate 100 years of conservation with special events across the state in coming weeks. The AGFC was created March 11, 1915, by Act 124. It was followed by state agencies dealing with parks, forests, soil and water, along with conservation courses in schools. Gov. Asa Hutchinson will read a proclamation observing the centennial at 2 p.m., W...